1986 in athletics (track and field)

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This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in athletics (track and field).

[edit] International Events

• Asian Games
• Balkan Games
• European Championships
• European Indoor Championships
• Commonwealth Games
• Goodwill Games
• World Junior Championships

[edit] World Records

[edit] Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
Discus	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08m	June 6	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Shot Put	Udo Beyer (GDR)	22.64m	August 20	Berlin, Germany
Hammer	Yuriy Syedikh (URS)	86.66m	June 22	Tallinn, Soviet Union
	Yuriy Syedikh (URS)	86.74m	August 30	Stuttgart, West Germany
Javelin (new)	Tom Petranoff (USA)	85.38m	July 7	Helsinki, Finland
	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	85.74m	September 21	Como, Italy

[edit] Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
5,000 metres	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	14:37.33	August 5	Stockholm, Sweden
10,000 metres	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	30:13.74	July 5	Oslo, Norway
400m Hurdles	Marina Styepanova (URS)	53.32	August 30	Stuttgart, West Germany
	Marina Styepanova (URS)	52.94	September 17	Tashkent, Soviet Union
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.08m	June 1	Sofia, Bulgaria
Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7148	July 7	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7158	August 2	Houston, USA

• Heike Drechsler (GDR) twice equals the world record in the women's 200 metres held by countrywoman Marita Koch since 1979-06-10, clocking 21.71 seconds on 1986-06-29 and 1986-08-29.

[edit] Men's Beast Year Performers

[edit] 100 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Chidi Imoh (NGR)	10.00
2.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.02
3.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.04
4.	Carl Lewis (USA)	10.06
5.	Emmit King (USA)	10.07

[edit] 200 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Floyd Heard (USA)	20.12
2.	Roy Martin (USA)	20.16
3.	Lorenzo Daniel (USA)	20.17
4.	John Dinan (AUS)	20.19
5.	Michael Timpson (USA)	20.23

[edit] 400 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)	44.30
2.	Darrell Robinson (USA)	44.45
3.	Roddie Haley (USA)	44.48
4.	Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	44.50
5.	Roger Black (GBR)	44.59

[edit] 800 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Steve Cram (GBR)	1:43.19
2.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:43.46
—	William Wuycke (VEN)	1:43.54
4.	Earl Jones (USA)	1:43.62
5.	Peter Braun (GDR)	1:44.03

[edit] 1,500 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	3:29.77
2.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:30.15
3.	José Manuel Abascal (ESP)	3:31.13
4.	Sydney Maree (USA)	3:32.56
5.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:32.90

[edit] Mile

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:48.31
2.	Steve Scott (USA)	3:48.73
3.	Jim Spivey (USA)	3:49.80
4.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:50.33
5.	José Manuel Abascal (ESP)	3:50.54

[edit] 3,000 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	7:32.23
2.	Sydney Maree (USA)	7:38.26
3.	Paul Kipkoech (KEN)	7:39.38
4.	Jack Buckner (GBR)	7:40.23
5.	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	7:42.15

[edit] 5,000 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	13:00.86
2.	Jack Buckner (GBR)	13:10.15
3.	Stefano Mei (ITA)	13:11.57
4.	Tim Hutchings (GBR)	13:12.88
5.	Evgueni Ignatov (BUL)	13:13.15

[edit] 10,000 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Mark Nenow (USA)	27:20.56
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	27:26.11
3.	Hansjörg Kunze (GDR)	27:34.68
4.	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	27:39.52
5.	Paul Kipkoech (KEN)	27:43.31

[edit] Half Marathon

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Musyoki (KEN)	1:00:43

[edit] 110m Hurdles

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Stéphane Caristan (FRA)	13.20
2.	Greg Foster (USA)	13.25
3.	Andrey Prokofyev (URS)	13.28
4.	Keith Talley (USA)	13.31
5.	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.35

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.38
2.	Andre Phillips (USA)	47.51
3.	Danny Harris (USA)	47.82
4.	Harald Schmid (FRG)	47.89
5.	Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN)	48.07

[edit] 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:10.01
2.	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:12.11
3.	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:12.74
4.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:13.15
5.	Peter Koech (KEN)	8:13.33

[edit] High Jump

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Igor Paklin (URS)	2.38
2.	Jim Howard (USA)	2.36
—	Carlo Thränhardt (FRG)	2.36
—	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.36
5.	Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS)	2.35

[edit] Long Jump

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Robert Emmiyan (URS)	8.61
2.	Larry Myricks (URS)	8.50
3.	Jaime Jefferson (CUB)	8.47
4.	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.35
5.	Mike Conley (USA)	8.33

[edit] Triple Jump

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Hristo Markov (BUL)	17.80
2.	Nikolay Musiyenko (URS)	17.78
—	Lázaro Betancourt (CUB)	17.78
4.	Mike Conley (USA)	17.69
5.	Oleg Protsenko (URS)	17.59

[edit] Discus

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08
2.	Art Burns (USA)	68.70
3.	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	68.50
4.	Juan Martínez (CUB)	68.40
5.	Luis Delís (CUB)	68.00

[edit] Hammer

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Yuriy Syedikh (URS)	86.74
2.	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	86.04
3.	Igor Nikulin (URS)	82.34
4.	Benjaminas Viluckis (URS)	82.24
5.	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	81.70

[edit] Shot Put

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Udo Beyer (GDR)	22.64
2.	Ulf Timmermann (GDR)	22.60
3.	Sergey Smirnov (URS)	22.24
4.	Werner Günthör (SUI)	22.22
5.	Sergey Gavryushin (URS)	22.10

[edit] Javelin (old design)

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	95.74
2.	Tom Petranoff (USA)	92.38
3.	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	83.68
4.	Detlef Michel (GDR)	83.52
5.	Heino Puuste (URS)	83.20

[edit] Pole Vault

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka (URS)	6.01
2.	Joe Dial (USA)	5.90
—	Thierry Vigneron (FRA)	5.90
4.	Rodion Gataullin (URS)	5.85
—	Philippe Collet (FRA)	5.85

[edit] Decathlon

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Daley Thompson (GBR)	8811
2.	Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)	8730
3.	Siegfried Wentz (FRG)	8676
4.	Guido Kratschmer (FRG)	8519
5.	Torsten Voss (GDR)	8450

[edit] Women's Best Year Performers

[edit] 100 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	10.88
2.	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	10.91
—	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	10.91
4.	Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)	10.93
5.	Silke Möller (GDR)	10.96

[edit] 200 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	21.71
2.	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	21.97
—	Silke Möller (GDR)	22.07
4.	Pam Marshall (USA)	22.12
5.	Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)	22.13

[edit] 400 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marita Koch (GDR)	48.22
2.	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	49.67
3.	Petra Schersing (GDR)	49.79
4.	Tatána Kocembová (TCH)	49.83
5.	Pam Marshall (USA)	49.99

[edit] 800 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	1:56.2
2.	Sigrun Wodars (GDR)	1:57.05
3.	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	1:57.15
4.	Lyubov Tsyoma (URS)	1:57.18
5.	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	1:57.52

[edit] 1,500 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	3:56.7
2.	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	3:59.45
3.	Maricica Puica (ROU)	3:59.62
4.	Ravilya Agletdinova (URS)	3:59.84
5.	Lyubov Kremlyova (URS)	4:01.57

[edit] Mile

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Maricica Puica (ROU)	4:18.25
2.	Kirsty Wade (GBR)	4:21.61
3.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	4:21.88
4.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:22.40
5.	Ivana Kubesová (TCH)	4:22.82

[edit] 3.000 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	8:33.99
2.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	8:34.10
3.	Zola Budd (GBR)	8:34.43
4.	Maricica Puică (ROU)	8:35.92
5.	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	8:36.00

[edit] 5.000 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	14:37.33
2.	Svetlana Guskova (URS)	15:02.12
3.	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	15:03.51
4.	Svetlana Ulmasova (URS)	15:05.50
5.	Lynn Jennings (USA)	15:08.36

[edit] 10,000 metres

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	30:13.74
2.	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	30:57.21
3.	Ulrike Bruns (GDR)	31:19.76
4.	Aurora Cunha (POR)	31:29.41
5.	Elizabeth McColgan (GBR)	31:41.42

[edit] Half Marathon

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	1:09:03

[edit] 100m Hurdles

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)	12.26
2.	Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)	12.39
3.	Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR)	12.50
4.	Natalya Grigoryeva (URS)	12.61
5.	Heike Theele (GDR)	12.63

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marina Styepanova (URS)	52.94
2.	Sabine Busch (GDR)	53.60
3.	Myrtle Bothma (RSA)	53.74
4.	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	53.76
5.	Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)	54.13

[edit] High Jump

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.08 m
2.	Olga Turchak (URS)	2.01 m
—	Desiree du Plessis (RSA)	2.01 m
4.	Charmaine Weavers (RSA)	1.99 m
—	Silvia Costa (CUB)	1.99 m

[edit] Long Jump

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	7.45 m
2.	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.34 m
3.	Yelena Belevskaya (URS)	7.31 m
4.	Irena Ozhenko (URS)	7.20 m
5.	Larisa Berezhnaya (URS)	7.19 m

[edit] Shot Put

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.70 m
2.	Ines Müller (GDR)	21.45 m
3.	Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)	21.39 m
4.	Heidi Krieger (GDR)	21.10 m
5.	Claudia Losch (FRG)	20.92 m

[edit] Javelin (old design)

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	77.44
2.	Petra Meier (GDR)	75.04
3.	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	72.42
4.	María Colón (CUB)	70.14
5.	Ivonne Leal (CUB)	69.82

[edit] Heptathlon

RANK	1986 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7158
2.	Anke Behmer (GDR)	6717
3.	Natalya Shubenkova (URS)	6645
4.	Sibylle Thiele (GDR)	6635
5.	Judy Simpson (GBR)	6623

[edit] Marathon

[edit] Year Rankings

[edit] Men

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	EVENT
1.	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:07.51	April 21	Boston, United States
2.	Zithulele Sinqe (RSA)	2:08.04	May 3	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
3.	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:08.10	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
4.	Willie Mtolo (RSA)	2:08.15	May 3	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
5.	Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)	2:08.21	October 5	Seoul, South Korea
6.	Toshihiko Seko (JPN)	2:08.27	October 26	Chicago, United States
7.	Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)	2:08.29	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
8.	Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	2:08.39	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
9.	Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)	2:08.43	February 9	Tokyo, Japan
10.	Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	2:09.08	April 19	Rotterdam, Netherlands

[edit] Women

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	DATE	EVENT
1.	Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:24:54	April 20	London, United Kingdom
2.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:24:55	April 21	Boston, United States
3.	Lisa Ondieki (AUS)	2:26:07	August 1	Edinburgh, Scotland
4.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:27:08	October 26	Chicago, United States
5.	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:27:15	November 16	Tokyo, Japan
6.	Carla Beurskens (NED)	2:27:35	April 21	Boston, United States
7.	Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:28:06	November 2	New York, United States
8.	Lorraine Moller (NZL)	2:28:17	August 1	Edinburgh, Scotland
9.	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:28:38	August 26	Stuttgart, West Germany
10.	Ágnes Sipka (HUN)	2:28:51	October 26	Budapest, Hungary

[edit] National Champions

NATION	MEN'S WINNER	TIME	WOMEN'S WINNER	TIME	PLACE	DATE
Australia	Stephen Austin	2:15:59	Margaret Reddan	2:48:28	Sydney	June 8
Canada	Agustin Diaz Romero	2:20:36	Ellen Rochefort	2:35:51	Montreal	September 28
Japan	Toshihiro Shibutani	2:14:55	—	—	Otsu	March 9
Netherlands	Adri Hartveld	2:15:32	Eefje van Wissen	2:40:07	Maassluis	April 12
Template:Country data SPA Spain	Santiago de la Parte	2:16:37	Maercedes Calleja	2:40:24	Lorca	May 24
West Germany	Wolfgang Krüger	2:15:20	Heidi Hutterer	2:36:44	Stuttgart	April 20

[edit] International Races

DATE	MARATHON	NATION	MEN'S WINNER	TIME	WOMEN'S WINNER	TIME
April 19	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Abebe Mekonnen	2:09:09	Ellinor Ljungros	2:41:06
April 20	London	United Kingdom	Toshihiko Seko	2:10:02	Grete Waitz	2:24:54
April 21	Boston	United States	Robert de Castella	2:07:51	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:24:55
May 11	Amsterdam	Netherlands	William Vanhuylenbroek	2:14:46	Teresa Kidd	2:46:18
August 1	CW Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	Robert de Castella	2:10:15	Lisa Ondieki	2:26:07
August 26	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	—	—	Rosa Mota	2:28:38
August 30	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	Gelindo Bordin	2:10:54	—	—
October 1	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea	—	—	Eriko Asai	2:41:03
October 5	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea	Takeyuki Nakayama	2:08:21	—	—
October 26	Chicago	United States	Toshihiko Seko	2:08:27	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:27:08
December 7	Fukuoka	Japan	Juma Ikangaa	2:10:06	—	—

[edit] Births

• January 31 — Walter Dix, American sprinter
• February 11 — Bob Altena, Dutch decathlete
• August 21 — Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
• August 29 — Yerefu Birhanu, Ethiopian long-distance runner
• November 10 — Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan long-distance runner

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• 1986 Year Rankings
• Association of Road Racing Statisticians

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